Ranking & Rating the Best Rap & R&B Albums of 2024 | Billboard Unfiltered

In this episode Billboard Unfiltered, Billboard staffers Trevor Anderson, Kyle Denis, Damien Scott and Carl Lamarre rank the best rap and R&B albums of 2024, go through the biggest scandals of the year, share their predictions for 2025 and more!

Damien Scott:
You’re out here talking, you know, making the 2024 song about dating and getting into arguments and s–t. 

Kyle Denis:
In 2024 specifically. 

Damien Scott:
This is all Kat Williams’ fault. 

Trevor Anderson:
That’s really where it started. 

Carl Lamarre:
In case y’all missed last week’s episode, there were talks about y’all potentially being gone because Amber and Regina killed it. 

Trevor Anderson:
Oh, was that the conversations in the back?

Carl Lamarre:
Yeah, but the OG squad is here! 

Trevor Anderson:
I see those conversations got squashed quickly. 

Carl Lamarre:
We got Charles and Kenny back, you know what I’m saying? 

Damien Scott:
We’re what’s best for the show. 

Trevor Anderson:
Shout-out to Kenny, man.

Carl Lamarre:
No, I was happy to have the gang back especially for this last episode of 2024. We unveiled two fire lists this week, which include the Best Rap Albums of 2024 and the Best R&B Albums of 2024, so what we’ll do, I’m going to give a quick breakdown of the top 10. The full list is on billboard.com, so here’s the top 10.

For the Best Rap Album of 2024: No. 10 Freddie Gibbs’ You Only Die 1nce; nine: Future, Mixtape Pluto; eight: Latto, Sugar Honey Iced Tea; seven: Megan Thee Stallion, Megan: Act I and Megan: Act II; six: Schoolboy Q, Blue Lips; five: GloRilla, Glorious; four: Tyler, the Creator, Chromakopia; three: Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal; three: Future and Metro, We Don’t Trust You …

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